Powerball Hits $500 Million Jackpot
A record for the game, Powerball jackpot is at $500 million and expected to climb before tonight's drawing.
Will you try to get lucky tonight? If you purchase a $2 Powerball ticket, you will buy a chance to win one of the lottery’s biggest jackpots of the year. A surge in ticket sales has pushed the Powerball jackpot up to a half-billion dollars. A record for game, the whopping $500 million jackpot could grow even larger before Wednesday night’s drawing. According to USA Today, lottery officials expect ticket sales to average 6.3 million an hour today. “When (the jackpot) is this large, it’s not unusual for the jackpot to go up. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets pumped up again,” said Chanele Newton, spokesperson for Northstar Lottery Group, which runs the Illinois State Lottery. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the millions…
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